I'm new to the site so please excuse my potential ignorance if this has been previously answered or if I missed anything.
So, I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305. It was originally on T-Mobile UK but was completely unbranded so on startup doesn't show t-mobile, no network bloatware etc... and I have since had it unlocked (via unlock code, not root)
Waiting for the premium suite update has prompted me to wonder... as I am unlocked am I still governed by t-mobiles wait times to release the update (I actually use a voda SIM in it)? Or as its unlocked/unbranded should I effectively be at the front of the queue as it wereand receive it with other unlocked handsets? Or will I not get it at all as I'm not using a t-mobile SIM?
I'm becoming very impatient waiting for the update as got rid of my note ii in anticipation for the s3 receiving the update. Which after giving more thought to I'm not even sure if I will receive as I have the i9305 rather than the i9300 and they didn't really say specifically who the update was for?
I am on the cusp of rooting just so that I can add the premium suite on the Rom but have limited experience in rooting (only done it a couple of times) worried that I'll miss something and wont be able to return it to stock once the upgrade becomes available via kies as there are so many different guides/roms/software
Appreciate your thoughts
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Don't quote me but I don't think it matters what SIM you have in, you should still see the update when it rolls out to that model number.. so long as your not rooted.
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http://www.sammobile.com/2012/12/05...4-1-2-jelly-bean-update-lots-of-new-features/
Check this live update every once in a while till your country receives the update and then start to panic
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Update has nothing to do with locked or unlocked .
You get the TMobile update for your phone .
Or join XDA and flash a stock rom .
jje
Thanks for the info so far. Can someone tell me if I need to do something specific to ensure I can restore to its original non rooted state in the future as I can't wait for the update anymore.
The update is out in the UK but I haven't received it yet
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richwright1 said:
Thanks for the info so far. Can someone tell me if I need to do something specific to ensure I can restore to its original non rooted state in the future as I can't wait for the update anymore.
The update is out in the UK but I haven't received it yet
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There guides and stickies to return to bone stock non rooted.. if you so please.
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Is this it? Could it be the long awaited ICS?
If so, I hope the GPS bug from the last leak is fixed.
"Current software is up to date" is all I see.
Anybody else? I am in Canada on Bell, on Team Perfection rom so I cannot verify anything here.
More than likely not ics.
Way to tell us what carrier you are on, OP.
Current Software is up to date
ATT US
Pics, or it didn't happen.
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nothing from KIES or checking OTA with ATT. Software is up to date.
Happened on mine the other day (USA ATT), but my guess is that is the default message that appears when you check for a software update with weak/fringe cellular service.
I attached a screencap of the message.
Trust me its not it lol
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No data on the pic its un able to check for a update
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if it was ICS, everyone would have it, and there would be 20 posts, not jus this
when ICS comes, trust, you'll know
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Happened on mine the other day (USA ATT), but my guess is that is the default message that appears when you check for a software update with weak/fringe cellular service.
I attached a screencap of the message.
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I had the same thing the other day. Happened when I received my replacement phone from At&t.
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Every damn time someone's phone can't reach the server, we have to see a thread about it.
Hey at&t, the wording of that message sucks and confuses people.
It happened to me the other day.... I checked xda and there were no party-popers going off so I cried :crying: a little and figured it was a false alarm
I doubt it will come OTA. More likely on Kies like the SGSII on ATT.
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my Korean Galaxy note is trying to update with a 34.75MB update i am not sure what it is as my phone will not take it because it is rooted and has a custom recovery. The phone reboots to install the update but fails. Any Ideal what I can do ?
cornbread0715 said:
my Korean Galaxy note is trying to update with a 34.75MB update i am not sure what it is as my phone will not take it because it is rooted and has a custom recovery. The phone reboots to install the update but fails. Any Ideal what I can do ?
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yeah, go back to stock then take the update...
Bah humbug
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SayWhat10 said:
yeah, go back to stock then take the update...
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do you think it could be the CWM recovery or the Root that is stopping the update or fail ? BTW I am already using Stock 4.0.3 Korean Phone Model E160L....dont know what this update is about
Can any body help me out I just bought an s3 yesterday with baseband version I9300XXLFB I tried updating my firmware but I keep getting a no update available.. Has there been no updates since it was released
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kwabratty said:
Can any body help me out I just bought an s3 yesterday with baseband version I9300XXLFB I tried updating my firmware but I keep getting a no update available.. Has there been no updates since it was released
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You'll probably see that for a loooong time. Your carrier hasn't released any update for your device.
If you want to update, read, study, read some more, then... before anything else... backup EVERYTHING including your EFS FOLDER before you attempt any flashing or updating.
If you do that, you'll save yourself, and everyone who attempts to guide and assist you here in the future, a world of trouble.
Learning how to backup your EFS folder is more important than anything else you do (if you want to have an actual phone and not just a $700 media player, that is).
BTW, you are new, but questions are posted in the Q&A section. You posted in General. This will probably be moved.
Probably there's no new update available in your region or your phone is branded.
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try using kies, had the same "issue"
With my baseband version under which region do I fall because I bought it from a Samsung shop in ghana..
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just download samsung kies and check for updates, if kies says there are no updates wait a bit more, cause that's a carrier issue
Again baseband is not your firmware version.
jje
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My unbranded phone has never been able to get OTA updates for some reason, I have always had to use kies, I get this message when there is an update.
Happens every time I try and haven't been able to solve it.
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delsus said:
My unbranded phone has never been able to get OTA updates for some reason, I have always had to use kies, I get this message when there is an update.
Happens every time I try and haven't been able to solve it.
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As per multiple posts and answers .
You are in a queue wait .
Why anyone joins XDA Developers forum to use Samsung updates services is beyond my understanding .
jje
Hi all. I unlocked my Phone via Cellunlocker.net. successfully. and I know that unlocked devices get updates sooner. Does that mean I will now get updates sooner? If not, is there any way of getting them sooner? without flashing or anything, just via kies.
here is what it says if that's any help
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no u will get the update as any other users at the same time
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no u will get the update as any other users at the same time
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nope. unlocked devices/ unbranded get the update first....then locked ones to carriers get it next. sometimes months later.
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nope. unlocked devices/ unbranded get the update first....then locked ones to carriers get it next. sometimes months later.
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nope, unlocked phones (SIM) dont have any special treatment, the only way to get updates earlier is by unbranding your phone and that's not even a reason to have it soon, it depends on the roll out
Fact is carriers get the update at the same time but do not push it out until tested and modded. Time scale varys.
Want updates join XDA and flash stock roms.
jje
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A friend of a friend was giving us a lift today, and she asked if we could turn on navigation on her phone since she was in the middle of driving. Her phone is a Galaxy S II, definitely i9100 and not the other variants (4.3" not 4.5", physical home button). She was running it on Telus but she bought it second-hand a few weeks ago so I assume it was a Bell or Virgin model.
Anyway I could see from afar that it was most definitely still running Gingerbread, and I wondered why it hadn't gotten the ICS update. I asked if I could see the phone and I went to the About screen - it's running 2.3.6, and the build number says Super ROM. Then I looked in her app drawer and saw Superuser. She is not the type who knows how to root a phone or would even want to, so the likely explanation is that the seller had installed a custom ROM and neglected to revert it before sale.
I've never owned an i9100... If she were to ask for help returning it to stock, would the simplest way just be to flash the Bell ICS ROM using Odin? Are there any precautions I'd need to take in case something the last owner had installed would be incompatible with the flash?
Create a backup and flash via odin the new jellybean leak
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Create a backup and flash via odin the new jellybean leak
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+1 or not wait for official jellybean for her phone and flash that...no point in upgrading to ics.
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vanisleryan said:
+1 or not wait for official jellybean for her phone and flash that...no point in upgrading to ics.
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To be clear, she is a non power user. The ideal ROM for her is whatever would've been on there by now if it had never been hacked. So I believe that'd be ICS.
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cmstlist said:
To be clear, she is a non power user. The ideal ROM for her is whatever would've been on there by now if it had never been hacked. So I believe that'd be ICS.
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Just flash the ics of bell version since shes not a power user i did the same for wife shes has no intentions of using any custom roms for her just basic use
and i assume you know where too get that and yes flash in odin the stock version either from here you can get it or samfilmware ics version for 19100m
cheers
Thanks!
Actually I should add... The SuperROM she had on there said the device was i9100G. Is it possible that's just because it's what it says in the ROM, and it's still really an i9100m? Cause now I see they have different processors...
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Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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jeffrohurt said:
Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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Hey I'm also looking to update my phone and I'm sort of in the same situation as this girl. I bought my phone second hand and found out later that it was rooted and has CyanogenMod 7.1 on it. My model is the I9100 and my provider is Telus. I was looking to update it to CM10, but one of my concerns is that it might get locked again and I won't be able to use my phone on Telus. Should I just settle for CM9? Will it for sure get locked again? I'm a noob.
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Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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Presumably if it's genuinely an i9100G and not m (I'm not sure, as I only saw the phone once), it wasn't from a Canadian carrier. In which case who knows how it was unlocked.
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Hi all,
I was used my phone since last april with multiple carriers.Last sunday i have updated my phone in to Official leaked JB. Since that update my phone locked and does not acceppt any of sim. I tried every method except GalaxySim. I know it wil be good solution, but i don't have electronic payment method. So i cant buy apps from Google Pay. I have my efs folder and i tried extract hashes and decrypt using Odiya's method, but it's not worked.
I tried different firmwares. Now i have backed to official ICS for my country(Sri Lanka). But phone is still network locked. I bought this phone from a seller and he told me he imported it from South Africa.
Please, if any of you can help me get my phone live again. I have nv_data.bin and can provide it anyone willing to help me. Thank you....
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Unlucky.......cheapskate.
Next time do a bit of research before you flash anything.
Solved
I just able to unlocked using GalaxySim. I used credit card of friend of mine. Thanks all..
Nice work done by that developer..
:good::good::good::good::good::good:
Well done.
The developer is a nice guy.....hes even got a thread on here that allows members of xda to download and use his program for FREE.
Yeah.. He is excellent guy. I tried free one. Its not worked. Then i followed odiy's method and try to Brute force the cide. Its not worked. Finally i unlocked by using paid app. Now i'm on ICS official. If i tried again leaked JB, will my phone locked again.
Thanks lot for your immediate responses. I'm new to XDA. I am highly influenced by responses...
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This solved this issue for the I777 board
http://db.tt/Vr82eITY
Enjoy
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My problem is if i installed again leaked official JB update, will my phone locked again????
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dasunnavoda said:
My problem is if i installed again leaked official JB update, will my phone locked again????
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Use that app it will unlock it
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This is Spockys thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30541172
This is what he says,it looks to me if you use the play app=you have to pay.If you use the app in his thread=free
Heres a quote I cant post in other reply